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Sunday, November 09, 2014

UKIP's dodgy allies

I am indebted to today's Observer which has run an in-depth interview with Korwin-Mikke, whose far-right Polish party UKIP are now allied with in the European Parliament. It is a party that France’s far-right Front National, led by Marine Le Pen, has decided is too extreme for an alliance.

The interview does us all a service by highlighting the sort of policies and views UKIP are prepared to harness themselves to, and in doing so reveals the true nature of Nigel Farage's party. Here are some extracts:

Korwin-Mikke has the potential to be an embarrassing ally. For instance,
he thinks women’s opinions are shaped by the sperm of the men they
sleep with, that they are “on average” less clever than men, and that
nearly half of women who tell a man they don’t want to have sex with
them are feigning reluctance and should be ignored.

There is no proof Hitler knew about the Holocaust, he has argued for years, and he told the Observer
that Mussolini, who stripped Jewish citizens of property and civil
rights, then sent thousands to German concentration camps, “was trying
to protect Jews”.

He would like to abolish not just the European Union but democracy
altogether, replacing it with an absolute monarchy, which he considers
the gold standard for government. His main objection to dictatorship is
that it leaves open the question of who succeeds a leader.

“If someone gives money to an unemployed person he should have his hand
cut off because he is destroying the morale of the people,” Korwin-Mikke
said, adding that the state should not give anyone a cent either.
“Europeans were very aggressive and now the boys are taught not to be
aggressive … Give them the pistol, give them a sword.”

The two parties share a more important goal though, both Polish
politicians say. “He wants to destroy the European Union, and even
Lucifer or Beelzebub who is against the European Union is our ally,
because it is the greatest danger to Europe,” said Korwin-Mikke, who
wants to convert part of the EU headquarters into a giant brothel.

Part of his distaste for modern Europe is driven by the position of
women, who he says have replaced “privileges” with “equal rights”, a
phrase Korwin-Mikke spat out as if it was an insult. Most want to stay
at home to raise families, and can’t be trusted to vote, said the
twice-married father of six. They are also, he claims, “less tall, less
heavy, less intelligent, on the average”. And he adds: “Women usually
vote for the more handsome man.”

“Women want to be led by men,” he claimed. They particularly like to
be led to the bedroom, he added, saying that men should often ignore a
partner who said no to sex. “Women usually pretend that they don’t want
[sex]. You must be competent enough to differentiate whether she
seriously doesn’t want,” he said. “The percentage of women who pretend
that they don’t want to have sex, but they do want in fact, is about 30
or 40%. Asked how a rape trial could be prosecuted if a woman’s words were
not accepted as evidence of her intentions, he said men should not be
convicted unless there were two witnesses to the crime.

Mr. Farage does choose the most charmning bedfellows, butgiven that in doing so he has just secured an additional million pounds of public money for his party I doubt if he will care.

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